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WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a 53-47 vote on Thursday, the US Senate confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court.

Only three Republicans joined Democrats and independents in supporting Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court as the first African American woman.

Jackson, 51, has served on the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, the nation’s second most powerful court, since June 2021.

Jackson was nominated by US President Joe Biden in late February to succeed liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, who is set to retire this summer.

After Breyer departs the position, Jackson will be sworn in.

On Thursday afternoon, Biden and Jackson watched the Senate vote from the Roosevelt Room of the White House, which was mostly along party lines.

“Judge Jackson’s confirmation was a historic moment for our country,” Biden tweeted alongside a photo of himself and the judge taking a selfie.

“We’ve taken another step toward ensuring that our highest court reflects America’s diversity,” he said. “It was an honor to share this occasion with her, as she will be an amazing Justice.”

The White House has planned a celebration of the confirmation on Friday.

While Jackson’s qualifications and the historic significance of her candidacy have been lauded by Senate Democrats, most Republicans have questioned her previous decisions.

Mitch McConnell, the Senate Minority Leader, voted against the nominee, citing a “long and alarming pattern of utilizing judicial activism to go light on the crime.”

It was one of Biden’s primary campaign promises to appoint an African American woman to a hypothetical Supreme Court vacancy.

There have been 115 justices appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States since it was founded in 1789. There were 108 white guys among them. The justices are appointed for life and can serve until they die, resign, retire, or are impeached and removed.

Jackson, who was born in Washington, D.C. but reared in Miami, Florida, earned her law degree from Harvard University in 1996 and graduated with honors. She worked as an assistant federal public defender in Washington, D.C., and was vice-chair of the United States Sentencing Commission for four years.

Before being appointed to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, Jackson worked as a judge on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for more than eight years.

The Supreme Court will decide on a number of significant topics this year, including abortion, affirmative action, and gun regulation.

Jackson is projected to vote similarly to Breyer, according to court watchers, and her appointment will not alter the Supreme Court’s ideological balance, which favors conservatives by a 6-3 margin over liberals.

The Supreme Court is the United States’ final appellate court, with the authority to review and overturn lower court decisions, as well as to interpret federal law, including the country’s constitution.

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